Turtle: The Incredible Journey (2009)

A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the... See full summary »

Director:

Nick Stringer

Writer:

Melanie Finn

Stars:

Miranda Richardson, Hannelore Elsner

Cast

Credited cast:
Miranda Richardson	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hannelore Elsner	...	German Narrator (voice)

Storyline

A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and back to the beach where she was born.

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Plot Keywords:

florida | azores | earth | animal in title | oil spill | 

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Taglines:

An Epic Adventure from Emmy Award Winning Director Nick Stringer

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK Austria Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hihetetlen utazás

Filming Locations:

Arctic

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$69,389 (USA) (24 June 2011)

Gross:

$311,454 (USA) (5 August 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

F.A.M.E. Film & Music Entertainment AG, Big Wave Productions Ltd., Allegro Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Thank You, Stars"
Performed by Katie Melua

User Reviews

Good cinematography, horrible script

This movie is about a Loggerhead Turtle, yet the narrator anthropomorphizes the motivations of the turtle and all other creatures over the course of the entire movie. As people, we have emotions like hate, jealousy, and revenge. Animals don't. In the movie, they describe a behavior of the turtle as "revenge" but actually the turtle is simply eating, and, as an animal, has no sense of revenge. Also, all predators are described as "bad." They play scary music when a predator is on screen, and use terminology that imply that being a predator is a bad thing, when actually Loggerheads can be rather predatory, yet they don't play the scary music then.

As the summary notes, the camera shots are very, very good. But they cannot help a horrible script. There are many much better movies about the ocean, and about sea turtles, and this one should be pretty low down on the list.